pallidulus Latin · revision 9736

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Catullus|origins=itc-pro *palwo-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [palˈlɪ.dʊ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [palˈliː.du.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pallidulus''' (feminine pallidula, neuter pallidulum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[pallidus]] “pale”, with the suffix [[-ulus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ⟨pallidus⟩ is from [[m|la|palleō|t=to be pale]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨palleō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*palwo-|t=pale, grey]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Catullus.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Catullus 81/79–52/50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant pale, wan, palish, somewhat pale, as in Catullus and Juvenal.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin glossaries explain it as somewhat pale.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Somewhat pale, [[m|en|wan]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pallidus]]

+ * [[palleō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}